[ invalid file: LWasielewski-Athena Song.mp3 ] Fact 1: The Parents of Athena are Zeus and Metis. Zeus is the god of the sky and one of his symbols is the thunderbolt his brothers are Hades and Poseidon. Metis was Zeus' first wife. Zeus had heard rumors about one of Metis' kids being born and taking over the throne from Zeus so he swallowed Metis while she was pregnant with Athena and later Athena was born from Zeus' head fully grown and had a set of armor already on her. (www.wikipedia.org)
The Goddess Athena who's the goddess of Warfare, Strength, Wisdom, Courage, Inspiration, Civilization, Strategy, the arts, Crafts, Justice, and Skill.
Fact 2: Athena is the goddess of many things such as wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. (www.wikipedia.org)
Fact 3: Athena is the Virgin Patron of Athens. The Athenians built the Parthenon on the acropolis of her namesake Athena Parthenos in her honor because of a contest she won against her uncle Poseidon. (www.wikipedia.org) and (www.theio.com)
Fact 4: Poseidon and Athena had a contest of who would gain control over Athens. So they each made one gift for the Athenians. Athena produce the first Olive tree and He the first horse the Athenians liked Athena's gift better thus she gained control of Athens. (www.theio.com)
This is the Goddess Athena's sheild it is Decorated with the Gorgon Medusa's head. After Athena helped Persus slay Medusa so she could have her head.
Fact 5: Athena as the goddess of warfare has helped many adventurers on their travels such as Perseus. He made several journeys one that included killing Medusa so that Athena Could have her head to decorate her shield. (www.theio.com)
Fact 6: During the Trojan War Athena sided with the Greeks in battle. But she attacked the Greek ships when they failed to punish Oilean Ajax for violating her Trojan Shrine. (www.theio.com)
Fact 7: One of Athena's nicknames is Grey eyed because the underside of a olive tree leaf is gray and when the wind would blow it would look like one of Athena's eyes. (www.gogreece.about.com)
Fact 8: Zeus favored Athena over any other of his kin. He would let her use his weapons and allow her to also use her symbols including his thunderbolt who no one else was allowed to touch. (www.greekmythology.com)
Fact 9: One of Athena's nicknames was Pallas because her best friend was named Pallas who she would often spar with. In one of these sparring there was an accident where Athena mortally wounded Pallas and Athena took her name as part of her own to honour Pallas. (www.thansis.com)
Fact 10: Athena had no children because she was a virgin goddess but there was a story about a man that loved Athena. But due to her resistance to Aphrodite she could not love anyone in that way so he followed her and throw a seed on her leg and when she wiped it off and through it on the ground it turned into a child. Athena would not let anyone else see the child so she locked him in a chest and when the guys parents tried to see him a snake was in there with the child and it killed the parents. (www.wikipedia.org) and (www.theio.com)
The Olive Tree is a symbol of the goddess Athena because it was her gift to the Athenians in which she became the virgin patron of Athens.
The owl is another symbol of athena in which she always has it by her side its also a symbol for wisdom.
The glitter text I chose for Athena was red because she is the goddess of warfare and it is also the color blood. The music I chose to Athena suits her well because it goes along with warfare a little bit and it brings out that she is the goddess of wisdom as well.The reason I changed the font color for the ten facts to blue is because she is the goddess of wisdom and one of the colors for wisdom is blue.
Works Cited:
www.theoi.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.gogreece.
www.thasis.com
Fact 1: The Parents of Athena are Zeus and Metis. Zeus is the god of the sky and one of his symbols is the thunderbolt his brothers are Hades and Poseidon. Metis was Zeus' first wife. Zeus had heard rumors about one of Metis' kids being born and taking over the throne from Zeus so he swallowed Metis while she was pregnant with Athena and later Athena was born from Zeus' head fully grown and had a set of armor already on her. (www.wikipedia.org)
Fact 2: Athena is the goddess of many things such as wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. (www.wikipedia.org)
Fact 3: Athena is the Virgin Patron of Athens. The Athenians built the Parthenon on the acropolis of her namesake Athena Parthenos in her honor because of a contest she won against her uncle Poseidon. (www.wikipedia.org) and (www.theio.com)
Fact 4: Poseidon and Athena had a contest of who would gain control over Athens. So they each made one gift for the Athenians. Athena produce the first Olive tree and He the first horse the Athenians liked Athena's gift better thus she gained control of Athens. (www.theio.com)
Fact 5: Athena as the goddess of warfare has helped many adventurers on their travels such as Perseus. He made several journeys one that included killing Medusa so that Athena Could have her head to decorate her shield. (www.theio.com)
Fact 6: During the Trojan War Athena sided with the Greeks in battle. But she attacked the Greek ships when they failed to punish Oilean Ajax for violating her Trojan Shrine. (www.theio.com)
Fact 7: One of Athena's nicknames is Grey eyed because the underside of a olive tree leaf is gray and when the wind would blow it would look like one of Athena's eyes. (www.gogreece.about.com)
Fact 8: Zeus favored Athena over any other of his kin. He would let her use his weapons and allow her to also use her symbols including his thunderbolt who no one else was allowed to touch. (www.greekmythology.com)
Fact 9: One of Athena's nicknames was Pallas because her best friend was named Pallas who she would often spar with. In one of these sparring there was an accident where Athena mortally wounded Pallas and Athena took her name as part of her own to honour Pallas. (www.thansis.com)
Fact 10: Athena had no children because she was a virgin goddess but there was a story about a man that loved Athena. But due to her resistance to Aphrodite she could not love anyone in that way so he followed her and throw a seed on her leg and when she wiped it off and through it on the ground it turned into a child. Athena would not let anyone else see the child so she locked him in a chest and when the guys parents tried to see him a snake was in there with the child and it killed the parents. (www.wikipedia.org) and (www.theio.com)
The glitter text I chose for Athena was red because she is the goddess of warfare and it is also the color blood. The music I chose to Athena suits her well because it goes along with warfare a little bit and it brings out that she is the goddess of wisdom as well.The reason I changed the font color for the ten facts to blue is because she is the goddess of wisdom and one of the colors for wisdom is blue.
Works Cited:
www.theoi.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.gogreece.
www.thasis.com
Logan Wasielewski's Athena Dramatic Writing